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Fifty-Fourth Year No. 49
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O f f ic ia l C o u n ty
Moro. Oregon. Triday, O ctob er 9,1942
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v> • j fir** ? *
rrize Winners
No Definite Information Yet
"NOT A SLACKER IN THE LOT . . .
Available On Shaniko Branch--
Announced In
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Delegates Seem
* any Children Win Prizes
On Good Livestock
W ashington, D.C., Oct. ’$•-—D i
rector McNutt of th e war man
power board reveals that an addl-
tional 18.000,WO worker* Bbould
oe engaged In war productive
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Delegates Express Hope
4-H Club Fair
work by the end o f 194».
Papes
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The boys* and girls’ 4-H club
falx* was held at the fairgrounds
last Friday and Saturday.
We
can nbt obtain a list o f home ec
onomics prises won, as Wily W.
.
. .
K m jh t« . who had ch ar», of
“ * • * ta *» »•««'»»<»• but
Of th is «•« follow in g to a 1 tot o f the live-
iota! he estim a tes th a t 11,000,000 stock awards made:
Showmanship, horses: 1st, Shel
m ust be sem i-sk illed , w hich m eans
ton
F iftts Jr.;2n d , Jack von Bor-
th at they should. In m ost cases.
i ecelve . considerable Instruction
8addie colt: 1st. SheltonFrltts,
and training before reporting for
Jr, (only entry).
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duty.
Saddle
h
orses
(m
are
over three
This Is another o f the labor
year?):
is
t
,
Shelton
Fritts. Jr.
p roblem s w hich are developing a -
W
hether
the
com
putation
‘.only
en
try).
pace.
Is accurately based upon produc-
D raft colt:, 1st, Jack von Bor-
tive requirem ents Is not doubted, stel (o n ly en try)
but the assum ption com es th a t
D raft horses (M are over three
som ething m ust be done to reach r e a r s): 1st, Jack von Borstel (on-
these figures as to num ber
o f ly en try ).
w orkers. No one In the federal
Show m anship, beef: 1st, E lton
wervlce seem s to be suggesting th at M edler; 2nd, Ed Fritts; 3rd, Le-
out o f th e 3,400,000 civilian em - land Barnet; 4th. Shelton Fritts,
ployeà now on governm ent pay- Jr.; 6 th, S cott F ritts.
rolls th ere could be som e reduc-
First year show m anship, beef:
tlon for th e sake of industrial pro tst Fred von B orstel (only e n tr y ).
F at cattle, H ereford« (lig h t):
duction. A t the peak of the first
by 1st. Ed F ritts; 2nd. E lton Med-
world w ar civil em ploym ent
the governm ents w as slightly
move ler, 3rd, Lee B arnet; 4th, Shel- r
ra
than 900,000. A lready, before the ton F ritts, Jr.; Bth, Scott Fritts; a 1
1 fjiiU jr l U i
arm y has exceeded In num bers Bth. H arvey H artley; 7th. Merrll
that o f the first world w ar
total. Father; 8th. H enry R ichelderfer; W u S C O R/lQTl
em ploym ent Is up approxim ately tth , Leland Barnet.
150 per cent above th e em ployes
F a t cattle. H erefprds (h e a v y ):
A rvld Theodore (T ed ) A nder-
needed at that tim e.
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1st, Lee B arnet; 2nd, John HU- son of W asco died W ednesday at
Rome people have been so bold derbm nd; 3rd. L eU nd
Barnet;
a hospital in The D alles, at the
os to suggest that a t least
one 4th, Jack von B orstel; Bth. E lton a ge of 45. H e w as born at Sloan,
m illion o f th ese federal em p lo y es Medler; Bth. Jack von Borstel; l o s t . Nov. 7. 1896. H is body w ill
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engaged w ith Innum erable
new 7th. F red von B orstel; 8th, P hillip be returned to Iow a follow
ing _ fu-
neral services to be held Friday
deal em ergency agencies could be von B orstel; 9th. Carston von Bor-
(to d a y ) at the ch ap el of C. R.
dispensed w ith and perm itted to rtel.
Callaway and Son, The D alles, at
Shorthorns
(
lig
h
t
)
:
take w ork in factories, hut th is
F st cattle.
f pm
Rev. F. L. C annell - of
s u g g e s t i o n fa lls upon d ea f ears. l«t. I-eland Barnet; 2nd, Shelton
W asco w ill conduct the services.
Qn th e other hand, w om en w ill be F ritts.
"Mr A nderson is survived
by
im pertuned to heed the Industrial
F at cattle. Shorthorns (h e a v y ),
call to th e tune o f about six mill- l«t, Lee Barnet; 2nd, Harry H art- h is-m oth er. Mrs. Ida Anderson, of
Sloan. Iow a; his w ife, Mrs. G len-
lion.' W hether th is Is a g allan t lev.
course according to old standards
F at cattle. A ngus (lig h t): 1st. nle Anderson, of W asco; two sons,
o T T h i v ^ * h i no? been m ade * . » r y R ichelderfer; 2nd. Harry Stanley' and Leland, of W asco; an
ertain That Wheat Loans W ill
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Continue on Original Basis
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t
No late word has been received charge of the departm ent o f W PB
to indicate d efinitely w hat is to we u ero told w as In charge o f
l»e done about the requisitioning railroad salvage.
He, also, wax
of the S h aniko“ branch.
T ele- courteous. W e w ere accom panied
gr.tms from m em bers of the del- by W alter P ierce again.,,
egut Ion to W ashington
indicate
By the tim e we had a m eeting
Hope- for the obtaining- o r wheat. with Birtch arranged w e had de- .
loans on th> sam e basis as before, elded that we did not w ant to let
and hope of retaining at least a him say NO. That m ight have
part ot the railroad line. No def-- been fatal, so w e listened w hile
Initc w ord-had reached the Jour- be explained the “plan” that had
nal office a t the tim e of going to been set up to „handle such cases,
press Thursday.
- I t seem s that the arm y and the
The follow ing w as se n t
uw by n a v y and the ODT are supposed
the editor to keep th e readers In- to exam ine into abandonm ent cas-
foim ed as to action taken
by the es. (W e m aintained that no ade-
delegatlon in W ashington:
quate exam ination into the case
hnd £een m ade.)
Tuesday m orning. Septem ber 29
Tban the arm y and the navy
Y esterday afternoon we called and th e ODT approve th e requlsl-
on McNary at th e senate?. He had tJon
.the^Metals R eserve corpor-
h's secretary . m ake an appoint- ftt|
whlc li is either a part of
iftent for us to see Mr. Boutner.
or of W PB— no one, even
second in com m and under Joseph ^be Renators, seem to know. From
P. E astm an of ODT. today at 2:30. then on the
ls on ¡ | a
,
___oh__Walter Pterce> -way. Contracts for taking up the
who looks fine, and greeted us en - rapR are ¡e t an(j the road Is def-
_J thuM astically. as did Mrs. Pierce, jm tcly out of the hands o f th e
H e took us to art agricultural , a iiroad.
;
y
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n .m m lttee m eeting w hich w as
Tbe ODT and the ICC both say Z
hearing and questioning Paul Me- that it m akes no difference at all
Nutt. That lasted until six o’clock w ba( th e attitude of the railroad
when it ended rather abruptly, j8 jn the m atter, and som e bran-
w 1th no decision having been m ade Tbeg h ave been taken up w here
■ or all of M cN qtt’s
inform ation the railroad has been opposed to
stated.
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The farm hom e of Robert R ohde
The com m ittee w*anted to know
vye asked Mr. B irtch for ' per-
east of town was com pletely de- how* farm ers w ere going to pro- m ission to present to him a brief
otroved by fire la le ^ lo n d a y eve- du'ce If their m en w ere called to ahow lhg the facts o f the Shaniko
“n lhg.^ .prjgii)' of th e fire Is not service or attracted to cities by branch requisition m atter, w hich
definitely known, but the cause high w ages. M cNutt, w ho seem ed he rather reluctantly perm itted.
may have been an over-heated to be inform ed, apparently w ant-
waa better than an absolute NO.
stove. Mr. R ohde w as not at th e ed national control over all labor j j e Raid n would probably do no
hou^e at the tim e the fire started, so it could be rationed. Individ- Rood, that he w ould not deviate
un<J by th e tim e he discovered it u?l em m ittee m em bers crttlclxed froni his “f ^ n ” nor change bis
he w as able to save only a sm all the excess num ber o f men in sh ip - .m ind. - However, If ODT o f th e
part o f the contents, a few cloth es yards, which M cN utt said w ould arm y or navy would change th eir
and „ household furnishings.
’ be stopped if found true, saying, recom m endation It m ight have a
The loss was partly covered by ‘No cn e would be perm itted
t ° desirable effect.
insurance. ’ No plans have been hoard labor.” Others called the
We arranged a date with N. E.
m anpow er boss’s attention t o th e Do(Jd we8tern director o f AAA.
made for, rebuilding.
large num ber of young m en w ork- through McNary’s office. He lin
ing in W ashingtpn. and he said he m ed|a teiy told us th a t w e w ere
planned to do som ething
about hfcre on a m ission that no one had
it.
He coined one phrase that
successful so far. Som e o f
sent the reporters to scribbling his m en w ere called In to paint
when foe said “W e’ll have a Spar- a picture even blacker. One Jam es
27th tun econom y soon.”
McCormick told o f several dele-
Pvt. M yrle E.- Sm ith of
A A B. ana
q . s Sqdn.,
q u n ., o Bowm
u w m a an
i i r Field,
in u ,
There was criticism of the draft nations that had com e to W ash-
and n Hq.
Kentucky, and Miss Em m a Jean r.et-fcp, although Gen . H ershey had ington on abandonm ent proceed-
p akin of G^ass V alll^, Oregon, been before the com m ittee that i„ PR Or after requisition and said
wpre unHed ¡n m arriage on Octo- mor.ping. Local draft boards ap- that as far as he knew, not one
,
3rd
Pvt sm ith is the so n -o f pnrently do not Interpret the ra- bad had any success. It w as not
Mr and Mrs John w . Smith, and ther general words o f the national a happy thing to tell us, for
Mrs. Sm ith the daughter of Mr. boards to mean the sam e thing, w ere a b it low anyway.
and Mrs. L. D. Eakin of GraSs Many key men are being taken,
But we djdn’t com e here
to
a ne y . The quiet cerem ony w as to the detrim ent of agricultural hnve people tell us NO. From ln-
perform ed in the M ethodist ch«4>- production, w hich M cNutt and th e form ation obtained from th e AAA.
el at gt Francis, Kansas.
com m ittee ngreed had to be kept from talks w ith
M cNary
and
Pvt. Sm ith w as graduated from np. Som ething m ay he done about p jerce. and from inform ation w e
the bIgh 8Chool at Trenton. N eb., p as th e r e , is danger to
n e x t b. ougbt w ith us. we ’ w rote a
anJ Mrs sm ith w as graduated yearn crop unless m en are left to brje f— wrote it In Tong hand.
from Grass Valjey High school in plant it.
changed It several tim es, and sub-
1942
He is on furlough, and th e
Th
be| ng ov.»r we agreed to m itted the proof to Dodd, P ierce
1342. Me
on lu u u u h ii, <*.»«
T h at b ein g ov.ir w e agree«! io ir.m ea m e p rooi
youIlk COUI)le are a, the hom e o f hoId a apeclal m eetlng o t t h e and McNary for their crttlclam
hla parenU .
B reakfast club October 16 w hen and ap proval. All o f them liked
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W alter Is com ing through Sher- it although th ey did suggest m inor
Farm Home
In Hay Canyon
Burns Monday
Funeral Services County Salvage
Drive To Start
Monday, Oct. 12
At a m eeting of the Sherm an
county salvage
com m ittee held
W ednesday evening aj th e court-
house plank w ere m /d e fbr an all-
ou t scrap d r lfe to begin Monday,
October 12. A bout 20 w ere pres-
ent. Including, representatives from
the schools, the farm ers, the coun-
ty court, and the tow*n govern-
rnents. >
County Judge P otter officially
proclaim ed Monday. October 12„
as the first day o f th e drive. Mon-
day Mill also be W asco s clean-up
tw
Hartley; >r<J. Shelton Fritts, Jr.; uncle. Arvld A nderson, of W asco; day. Tuesday was designated as
the . subject o o f f congressional
congressional de-
de ftBrtfry;
(he fifty for Moro and Kent • to
4ih. Lee B arnet;
5th, ’ Shelton two brothers, and six sisters.
bate.
“clean up’*~and collect scrap, and
Trltts, Jr; 6th, Leland Barnet; 7th ------------------------ w
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XlOUM
V alley’s clean-up is sch ed
M e n il Bather.
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<XH?NT¥ 8 V N D A X SCHOOLS
I’a im w’orkers are the m ost crit
uled
lor
W ednesday.
F at Cattle. A ngus (h e a v y ): “ls t, W ILL H A V E RALLY DAY
ically needed in all the labor field.
Sherm an county w ill
furnish
E lton Medler;
2nd, John
Schade-
The i t a ll e rally
all the tv
Sunday
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H enrv
R ichelderfer*
cu » for
hl
w ill trucks to haul -• the
•- scrap
»- in, . —
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R eports are pouring
in that
per •»«••• ir d
and
Ishable crops In m any sections o f
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• Kth Fcho<> 8
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is h°P ed that cars can be 8Polted
tne country w ere partly lost due
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a .
« a ’ VrtWait
Octo er
a
e *
jn each of the three tow ns s o
to lack o f labor for harvesting.
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’ w ttn iW B ity P res yter an c urc . ha{ thg Ralvagc m aterial m ay be
One report from the northw est
° U.n /
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t A - 7 The Bunday schOO s o
e ^o a n '. loaded directly onto the ears. If
SMI Tapir v n n H n r - t y
S111*1®1" at
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this lb not possible, piles w ill be
is io the effect that out o f a crop I-5* H
o f «0 tons of cherries only 20 tons «a »d Barnet; Ird. Jack von Bor- a baaket dInner. F ollow ing the m ade, to be loaded later.
w ere saved
Som e Jarm ers, too
*th - J<ck von B orstel; 5th. dinner there w ni be a program In
Joe Peters, chairm an of
the
old to operate except with the aid
Barnet; 6th. John
H ilder- whIch all the Sunday schools of
county salvnge com m ittee, reports
of m odern m achinery, and w h ose »’rand :
P h illip von B orstel; the county w in h ave a part,
that approxim ately 860,000 pounds
hoys h ave been taken by arm y or
Fred von B orstel; 9th. Jack
R ussel B eishee. p resid en t
of scrap have already been sh ip -
nsvy. frankly state that they w ill von B orstel; 10th. Jack von B o r - --------------------- --
ped from the ’county, with m ore
be unable to m ake the farm pro stel; 11th, Jack von Borstel; 12th, M ISSIO NARY SOCIETY TO
already turned .in and ready _ to
duce as It should. W hile proces- Shelton F ritts.
.
H A V E G UEST SP E A K E R
be shipped. He expresses the hope
sions of farm labor have gone to
H eifers under 1 year: 1st, Jack
T he W om an’s M issionary society that the people w ill all co-oper
shipyards and war Industry fa c- von D orstel fOPly en try ).
p b aving Dr. P aul Doltz as a ate in this drive, so that the county
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tories, leavin g the' farm s Inade-
Show
m anship, dairy:
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showmaitohlp.
dairy, 1st,
lr t. Scott
Scott rpcaker
p.m. m ay b0 ln lln„ for , h e p r iI e of-
F rltte a t the Moro com m unity church. ftrc(1 for th e county turning ln
ouately m anned, farm w ages are 1* rltta (J e r e e y ); 2nd Ed
clim bing rapidly and in som e cases (G u ern sey); 3rd, Shelton F ritts, p r. p o itx ¡8 a returned m issionary ^be g rfa test am ount of scrap per
soaring toward shipyard levels.
Jr. (G u ern sey).
from th e P hilippine« and is said e a p ita- Tbe per ’capita quota is
man county.
After the scholastics and econ -
Dairy’ cow s: 1st,
Ed
F ritts
be a very able speaker. E very- 2oo pounds, and P eters feels sure TR A FFIC DEATH RATE
To stretch our railroad legs we
om ists and politicians have fin - (G u ern sey); 2nd, Shelton F ritts, cn e w ho ig interested is cordially thfc. can eaRny be topped
SHOWS REDUCTION
wnlked against th e setting s u n
Irhed planning and debating it is jr. (G u ern sey); 3rd, Scott F ritts m u te d to attend th is m eeting.
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Oregon’s traffic death reduction clenr to the W ashington
M onu-
possible th a t som e
hard-headed (J e r se y ).
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HIGH SCHOOL TO H E L P IN
for the m onth of A ugust was dou-» mknt and blistered our feet doing
lype of Individual w ill com e for-
Show m anship, sheep: 1st. D ick ?IOTORIST8 W A R N E D TO
ble the rate of m otor vehicle use* It so had no desire to try to clim b
SCRAP DRIVE
ward w ith a rational and e ffe c - Oveeon; 2nd, Bob H osklnson, Jr.; HAVE REG ISTR A TIO N CARDS
Call 711 and a student w ill call reduction, figures com piled In th e the 900 steps to the top^ It w as
tive program for balancing th e Ja- 3rd, Jack von B orstel; 4th, W ily
hor situation. It to. w ithout doubt. K nlghten. Jr.; 6th. Lloyd Oowon.
M otorist, w ho have m isplaced 10 pit k up your scrap. Money ob- office of Earl Snell, secretary of d o ted anyway.
All of our representative« h ave
one of the big prob lem , of th e day
Sheep, fa t cl<a». purebred: 1st. - r lost their autom obile reglstra- tained from scrap turned In by stole disclose,
The traffic death rate for that Mwwn grent lnterest In dilY case.
and will becom e m ore serious each D ick O v e.cn (on ly en try ).
U«» eards are w arned by R ichard students will be ueed for school
Sheen fa t d a i s mixed: 1st W i-
M ontgom ery, sta te OPA direc- purposes. The main drive in Moro month was cut 30 per cent, exact-
nQ troub,e 8eeing them ,
werk.
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Iv g n iv h te n i r - ’ 2 n d Jack von t*>r, th at these cards w ill be nec- will be Tuesday.. P h on e 71L
ly tw ice the reduction in m otor noir£ nn Is not w en and couid not
ij K nignten, jr., z n a . j a c a
von
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. vehicle use. as show n by gasoline
b{ seen yesterday.
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essary to obtain gasolin e rationing
Horstel.
vear and under certifica tes w hen national gas ra- NORTH PORTLAND LIVESTOCK consum ption, Snell said. The-deeth
Oregon poultrym en w ill have a
W ashington had a blackout last
Sheep, ew e, one
oV 1st.
lsL Boh
Bob Hn«itin«nn
Ho«kin«nn (on ly e n - tlonln.g
atarte next »»t^**-*:*__________
m onth.___
a . h . / < u „ i n
rate for the m onth,
was 7.6 per- .night w hen we w ere I n a refltau-
busy fall and w inter if th ey ^ d o
m w « i « i b
h v i l T i w
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H .c r s h a r e in p ro d u c in g th e 20iY7^ try)
| i r)
Eftch'
m otorist
otorist applying
for a
Tho follow ing quotations
are a0»18 killed per one hundred rnlT rant,
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Eftch’ m
applying for
w here we had fo stay until
000.000 extra chickens that Sec-
urebred ew e under one gasoline rationing c ertifica te—and based on prices being paffi In Mon- ‘Hon m iles of travel, comparedI to
whl8Ue blew .
n.tary o f A griculture W lekard has
P"” br“ ^
only one certificate w ill be leeued „ ay (, tradlng:
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f i r a t e of 10.8 for AuguM of 194L
bright and sunny, a-
callMl for. W lck arT T toa u k « d
? l c x u r ~ >n* ~
-r -
ant o m ^ f f ^ » u . t Produce
¿.ft, t le . a o o l, „rnln-fed " iteer.^ Tire actual num ber o f d e a th , bout lik e Sherm an county w hen
that th ese chickens be held from
s ,ie<p ew e tw o years and over: I1*8 registration card before the y j g .u to l3.50. Good grass steers wfts cut from 46 to 23. a decrease we left.
$11.00 to 13.00. Good grain -fed of approxim ately 50 per cent.
the m arket until they average 3
Ooeson; 2nd. Boh H os- c ertifica te, w ill be leeued
• • •
pvpnd. In order that m eat sup-
o w o b . I - th ,
- uplicate auto
........ registration
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cards heifers. $11.50 to 12.00. Good grass
For th e f,rBt eIkht m onths of
Mr. Boatner, o f the Office of D e-
piles m ig h t be Increased 7>y 600,-
4o replace those lost or m isplaced beifera jio .0 0 to 10.60. Good beef
y ear* the t1*®**1« death rate fense Transportation, w a a t h o
Boh H osklnson.
last man w ho show ed us the d lfflcu l-
000.000 pounds before the w inter
Sheep, pen o f th ree Iambs: 1st, m ay be „o b ta in ed .
M ontgom ery cows $8.50 to 9.60, m edium $7.25 was 8.3 com pared to 10.4
y
.a
r
,
a
20
per
cent
reduction
tn
were up aBatnat. v ery
lu over.
Jack von B orstel; 2nd, Lloyd Gos- *a »d. ^ o m th e m otor veh icle dlv- tQ 8 25 cornmOn 36.60 to f.00,
Since It has been requested that
n
f
islon o f the secretary of state's %an rers $4.00 to 5.25. Bulls, m e- the fave of a reduction of but 8.8 rinllingly and very courteously he
the 200,000,000 extra birds
be son*
told us that the decision to re-
.
a
Show m anship, h o g s : . 1st, Jack office In Salem or Portland.
dium to good. $9.26 to 11.00. corn- per cent ln the use of cars.
Gasoline com sum ptlon for the nulsltlon the rails of the Shaniko
produced w ith existing equlpmen
Rorwtftl. 2nd. D ick O v e s o n : ------------------------
mot* $S O0 to 9.00. V ealers, good
that the P acific v- "
2 n i- Dlck ° ™ ,on> ‘
eight m onths am ounted to 178,« branch w as Irrevocable, th a t the
It would seem
coast . t o t « w ill be calted upon to »"»•
»«««.:• 4th. Shelton F rltte A MESSAGE TO E V ERY DRIVER
204.460 gat.ona thto year, a .d e -
h«d b « n p - t o »
Grass Valley Girl
Weds Soldier
furnish a good share o f the’ total
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(h ea v y ): 1st.
increase, as m any of the m id-w est
Oveaon -(© «lyen try).
states are not equipped for cold < nogB
cla#> (1|ghtj : - 1>t Jack
w eather production. JW M at and
Borstel; 2nd, Shelton F ritts,
vegetable nil m eals will be an im -
g c Q tt
jo r ta n t part o f the feed req u ire» ^ lt u
»
for th e chickens,
and
the
supply
u
. ».
w hat
H ogs, pen o f throe: 1st, Shelton
of the latter 1« by no m eans wnav
(onJy entr y ).
it should be.
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H ogs, gilt: ifct, Ed Fritts; 2nd,
Scott Fritts; 3rd, Shelton Fritts,
Mrs. H arlow Parkins has been “ J r *
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here for' a w eek's visit from her
Poultry: 1st, Joan Oveeon; 2nd,
home in Pendleton.
Wily Knlghten, Jr.
• Y ou can save rubber and help
$16.25;
170 to 216
lb. trucklns, ^ e a s e of 17.357,905 gallons from
lb. ‘ >'e consum ption for the first
thlng8;
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butchers $1.4.25 to 1 4 .7 iM lg h t - m onths of 1941.
D rivs only w h en absolutely w eigh t butchers $14.00 to 1 4 .5 0 ; ---------------------- *
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T r a c k i n g sow s $13.00 to 13.50, F ee- H<>WARD CONLEE PROMOTED
2. K eep under 85 m iles an hour, der r i* 8 $15.00 to. 15.50.
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g. K eep your tires properly in-
Sheep: Good to choice spring
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Conlee re-
flared.
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U m bs $11.50 to 11.75; m edium celved a letter recently from their
4. Have them inspected regn- to good $9.75 to 11.00; com m on eon, Howard, in P alestine.
He
$7.60
to
9.25
Slaughter
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has
recently
been
raised
to
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lurïy.
Feeder rank o f sergeant.
He states that
$4.00.
5. Share your car with others good to choice
win the w ar if you wiU do th ese $15.00 to 15.35; 230 Jp 285
W ILLIAM M. J E F F E R S
Rubber Director
lambs,
f,75,
good to choice $9.00 ; to their first letters
reaching him,
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are Jtlst
changes. W e had it typed ln the
AAA office and, after a - bit o f
trouble, presented It to th e W ar
P roduction Board— Mr. B irtch—
along with a letter of approval o f
our case w hich we obtained from
the N ational Orange, w hich also
has been helpful w ith advice.
That w as Friday afternoon.
Since then we have been catching
up on ouY sleep. Senator M cNary
has told us that he will see to It
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that It Is not pigeonholed and that
w e m ay expect a decision in rea-
sonable t i m e c ~ .../ - -
ered to conduct an investigation
into this matter o f requisitioning
railroads w ithout a hearing. Both
M cNary and Holman made talks
|h favor of the reaolutlon and It
passed w ithout protest. H olm an
and Rood are friends, and It is
expected by us that w e w ill be ao-
corded a chance to have our
ia v e a h « M n , on t h . final out-
up (o the ,W PB and w as entirely com e o f w hatever happens,
nut of h|g handjj He Äave us an
-Senator H olm an is on the M ili-
hour o? hlg tIme us and W alter tary A ffairs com nflttee o f t h o
,P ierce, w as very pleasant,
but senate and has already taken eur*.
very firm. W hen our hearing w ith troubles up w ith th e w ar depart-
him w as over w e knew w e w ere m ent, w hich also m ay be o f lnes-
ln a battle-even m ore serious than tim able help. It really looks now
le ft that w e m ay be able to save about
wo had thought w hen w e
. * a half of tho 8hanlko brauch. Wo
hom e.
After that engagem ent we re- quit trying to eave It all after
tired to lick our wounds, and re-, talking to Boatner. who convinc*d
now
vamp our case.
W ednesday we us by his attitude that we would
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went to see Mr. Birtch, who is ln
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yn th e m eantim e Senator Reed
of K ansas Introduced & resolution
jn the senate Thursday w hich asks
that the Interstate C om m erce com -
m lttee o f the senate he em pow -
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